The_Steve Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Rehashing old quotes to make a story with little foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivaashleyyoung Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Milners a very good player but we can come out of this well if we play our cards right. Say MON has a 20m budget in the summer which I think is a fair figure to suggest. If a club like United or City come in for the player then we can ask for a player plus cash deal. In Uniteds case, take Anderson +10m Or city, take Ireland +15m. Both players are young and you have an immediate replacement. Not only do you have a replacement, you have an extra 10m which takes our budget to 30m. Then MON goes out and buys the no.10 we've been desperate for now for two seasons and a quality right back. Dont get me wrong tho, I want Milner to stay. Villa will never improve if they keep selling there best players to teams above them. It will send out all the wrong signals if we sell Milner and i for one would question RL and MON for doing so. Especially RL. UpTheVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 The story is full of guesses and assumptions (hence why it's only speculation). 1. "Brian Marwood, the club's football administrator. Marwood has long admired Milner's qualities as a footballer and also knows the player well from his previous employment as head of UK operations for Nike, which sponsors the 24-year-old. " Assumption 2. O'Neill's long-term future has become uncertain and it may well be that Milner's next move is dependent on the decision the Villa manager makes on his own position in the summer. Assumption - MON has said several times he is staying. 3. Champions League football would be hard for him to resist Assumption - It assumes City will finish 4th 4. Villa appear to have hit a glass ceiling - Assumption- we are one or two players way from being a very good side 5. Randy Lerner, will tighten rather than loosen the purse strings this summer. Assumption - nothing has been discussed in regards to transfers nor will Randy seek to tighten the purse strings dramatically 6. Sir Alex Ferguson's eye Assumption - nobody knows his transfer targets, United need a striker more than anything 7. Milner has never rocked the boat at Villa and is unlikely to move unless Champions League football were on offer. Assumption - How do they know this? I'm not worried by this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 If Lescott was worth £24m to Citeh, Jimmy must be worth £30m+. They are very flat in their central 3 and don't seem to fancy Ireland - the only player they have that breaks the forward line. Same can be said of ManU now Scholes is approaching retirment. Would be gutted if we sold as he has real potential BUT only if MON can get his head around 4-3-3 or a new manager comes in and adopts this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 transfers nor will Randy seek to tighten the purse strings dramatically 6. Sir Alex Ferguson's eye Assumption - nobody knows his transfer targets, United need a striker more than anything Agree with all except this. Milner is exactly what United need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabbygabbygabbygabbygabby Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 That's brilliant steve. I only breezed through the article as I was sure it was untrue anyway but you have really picked it apart and showed how poor it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Ayee, Milner will go to United if he leaves. For a silly amount of money hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Do MON and bacon face like each other? If United did come in for Milner they would need big money. It's amazing how bad Carrick has gotten, Gibson just likes to shoot and Anderson is pretty much a flop. If we qualify for Europe again, I think we'll have a good chance of keeping him, as he seems happy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villane Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 If he goes to Man U. Leeds fans will never forgive him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 24m? Catch yourself on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Ayee, Milner will go to United if he leaves. For a silly amount of money hopefully.Trouble is, we would get the silliest money from Citeh. Not sure Man U could match their chequebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Give us 30 million and we will throw in Ashley young for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 You what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Wouldn't sell him for any money if he was happy to stay. If he wants to leave then that'll drive his price down. But I wouldn't want him sold for all the money in the city of Manchester stadium. We wouldn't be able to replace him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojames Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Give us 30 million and we will throw in Ashley young for nothing. Have a word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Give us 30 million and we will throw in Ashley young for nothing. Shrewd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Give us 30 million and we will throw in Ashley young for nothing. please tell me you read it as 80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 who do you think is the player that milner resembles (in footballing terms, not physically) the most? for me it is scholes. and he is all but ready to retire. so that is where, if anywhere, i would expect him to be heading this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Give us 30 million and we will throw in Ashley young for nothing.Great idea. Why not throw in the entire club for an extra £5m? :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 who do you think is the player that milner resembles (in footballing terms, not physically) the most? for me it is scholes. and he is all but ready to retire. so that is where, if anywhere, i would expect him to be heading this summer. Not quite, he just signed a new contract. Even so, Ferguson loves young quality British players, and Milner is just that, so I'm sure he will make a run at him. But I think we could squeeze City for more money that United. Hope he stays though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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